Last Friday I had an opportunity to go over to McNabs Island with representatives of Friends of McNab’s, NS Dept of Tourism, NS Dept of Natural Resources, Waterfront Development and Gordon Stevens of I Love Local HFX.
We were over there to look at the island and think of ways to make the island more accessible and usable. It was a glorious day so it added to the beauty of the island that once was home to a few families, and amusement park, a pop factory and off course a military presence. There is so much potential over there for people to enjoy nature so close to the city, and there is great opportunity to have events over there. One of my main concerns is making sure that garbage get taken off the island, as its charm is its nature.
Approaching Timmins Cove Where we landed
On the Dock at Timmins Cove on the East side of the island, notice that the refinery is on the right and downtown Halifax on the left
a zoom in on downtown Halifax
Just up the hill from Timmins Cove is Fort Ives, sadly this is the first thing you see I understand but still
Fort Ives
I love this old Iron Fence at Fort Ives, even if there are pickets missing
interesting to see how nature is reclaiming its space in front of the cannon port
Quite possibly the best bench in HRM
Early chain link
I bet that isn’t carpet from the time it was built
Oil Tank Art
At the old AJDavis Pop Factory
At the old AJDavis Pop Factory
At the old AJDavis Pop Factory
At the old AJDavis Pop Factory
At the old AJDavis Pop Factory
At the old AJDavis Pop Factory guess it was good place to drink in the 80s
Maugers Beach, So beautiful and so close to downtown
Maugers Beach
Ford McNab in much better shape than Fort Ives
Ford McNab in much better shape than Fort Ives
Pretty nice scene from atop Fort McNab
The shed behind the Tea House
Near Garrison Pier
an Imperial Oil Picnic on the Island
Where Bill Lynch grew up, kind of disappointed there were no carnival games
If you would like to go over to the island and help cleanup The annual Beach Cleanup is June 1, there is a collection of Tim Horton’s Cups and Tampax applicators that litter parts of the shore.
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